Moore
College of Art & Design alumna Dom Streater ’10 joined the ranks of the ascending
fashion elite Thursday night when she was named the winner of Project Runway
Season 12.

Streater, 24, from West Philadelphia, bested three other designer finalists to
take the title following the debut of her “Retro Redux” collection at New York
Fashion Week. Tomorrow, Streater will speak to students at Moore’s 2013
Leadership Conference for Women in the Arts.

“I’ve never
experienced anything close to this feeling before in my life,” Streater said
after the win. “It’s a huge deal for me. This will change everything.”

She takes
home bragging rights and a prize estimated to be worth more than half a million
dollars.

Streater, who graduated from Moore in 2010 with a BFA in Fashion Design, said
she was overwhelmed by the support from the Moore community since returning
home from filming. She was a judge at Moore’s Jump/Start Fashion Show on
October 1, where she was flooded by students who wanted to meet her and get her
autograph.

“It’s all about Moore girls sticking together,” she said. “Because it’s an all
women’s college, that bond sticks even after graduation.”

Moore
students hosted a Project Runway Finale Party Thursday, where they drank
“mocktails” and wore their best runway attire.

Streater said that all the textile
classes she took at Moore gave her an edge over the other designers on the show.
She was one of the few designers who embraced print and textile design. This
helped her in Episode 11, when she won the HP Intel textile design challenge and
ultimately, led to her win.

“The fashion program at Moore was
great,” she said. “Everything I know how to do is because I went to Moore, in
terms of construction and how I think about design. I learned to be very
methodical and precise when I’m working. It helped me a lot on the show.”

Before making it big on TV, Streater was busy designing her own clothing and
accessories line, Halcyon Collection. She’s currently working on her
fall/winter collection for 2014. In the meantime, thanks to the show, the
orders are coming in fast and furiously.

“I’ve gotten so many requests for
designs and dresses,” she said. “I literally can’t make things fast enough.
People want to look like a ‘Dom’ girl.”